Shalshal Cliff (unspecified "Muschelkalk") (Triassic of India)

Where: India (30.9° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° S, 62.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Diener

Primary reference: C. Diener. 1907. The Fauna of the Himalayan Muschelkalk. Palaeontologia Indica 15(5):1-140 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206208: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
"Monophyllites hara" = Ussurites hara
"Monophyllites hara" = Ussurites hara Diener 1895 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Halilucites aff. planilateratus von Hauer 1900 ceratite
Beyrichites khanikofi Oppel 1865 ceratite
Hollandites dungara Diener 1895 ceratite
Hollandites visvakarma n. sp. Diener 1895 ceratite
Hollandites ravana n. sp. Diener 1895 ceratite
Ceratites kamadeva n. sp. Diener 1895 ceratite
Ceratites royleanus n. sp. Diener 1907 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Sturia sansovinii Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites everesti n. sp. Oppel 1863 ceratite
Ptychites sumitra n. sp. Diener 1895 ceratite
Ptychites rugifer Oppel 1865 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Buddhaites rama n. sp., "Japonites chandra" = Tropigymnites chandra
Buddhaites rama n. sp. Diener 1895 ceratite
"Japonites chandra" = Tropigymnites chandra Diener 1895 ceratite
 Orthoceratoidea -
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Pleuronautilus aff. crassescens Arthaber 1896 nautiloid
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Retzia himaica n. sp. Bittner 1899